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Game3: Yankees vs. Red Sox

John Lackey makes his Red Sox debut, while Andy Pettitte begins his 12th season with Yankees. The last time the Yankees saw Lackey, he angrily left the mound in Anaheim after being lifted for a reliever in the 7th inning of Game 5 of the ALCS. The Angels would wind up winning that game, but Pettitte would slam the door on the Angels in Game 6.

vs. John Lackey

PA

BA

OBP

SLG

HR

RBI

Derek Jeter SS

54

0.341

0.442

0.545

1

5

Nick Johnson DH

7

0.333

0.429

0.500

0

0

Mark Teixeira 1B

56

0.388

0.464

0.551

2

11

Alex Rodriguez 3B

61

0.176

0.295

0.471

4

6

Robinson Cano 2B

27

0.231

0.259

0.346

0

1

Jorge Posada C

32

0.414

0.469

0.586

1

3

Curtis GrandersonCF

14

0.167

0.286

0.583

1

1

Nick Swisher RF

51

0.116

0.255

0.209

1

4

Brett Gardner LF

4

0.250

0.250

0.250

0

0

Total

306

0.269

0.337

0.458

10

31

vs. Andy Pettitte

PA

BA

OBP

SLG

HR

RBI

Jacoby Ellsbury LF

20

0.412

0.474

0.471

0

6

Dustin Pedroia 2B

38

0.211

0.211

0.289

0

6

Victor Martinez C

18

0.200

0.278

0.200

0

1

Kevin Youkilis 1B

38

0.345

0.500

0.552

1

3

David Ortiz DH

58

0.367

0.431

0.551

1

10

Adrian Beltre 3B

9

0.375

0.444

0.500

0

1

J.D. Drew RF

37

0.361

0.378

0.694

3

4

Mike Cameron CF

58

0.222

0.259

0.389

1

9

Marco Scutaro SS

26

0.190

0.346

0.429

1

3

Total

302

0.292

0.354

0.464

7

43

Each team has a trio of hitters who own the opposing pitcher. Mark Teixeira, Derek Jeter and Jorge Posada all have an .OBP of .400-plus and .SLG of .500-plus against Lackey, while Kevin Youkilis, J.D. Drew and David Oritz have all hammered Pettitte.

Big Papi exploded at reporters after yesterday’s game. When asked about his 0-7 start to the season, Ortiz responded, “You guys wait ’til [expletive] happens, then you can talk [expletive]. Two [expletive] games, and already you [expletives] are going crazy.”

Mark Teixeira continues to battle his usual April struggles. In 664 April plate appearances, Teixeira has a sub par line of .245/.345/.426.

The Yankees claimed 1B/OF Chad Huffman off waivers from the Padres. Huffman, who was ranked as the Padres #21 prospect by Baseball America, will be optioned to AAA.

Alex Rodriguez will move into sole possession of 8th place on the All-Time HR list with his next long ball. Arod is currently tied with Mark McGwire at 583.